April 8 is just a little over two weeks away and barring low clouds and rain we will be in for the astronomical experience of a lifetime; a total eclipse of the dun. A total eclipse of the sun occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. When the Earth and the Moon line up ...

Today’s generation of young people is growing up with their phones permanently in hand – a native appendage. By middle school they all have flying fingers that are impossible for this fossil to imitate. Our flowing handwriting is fast disappearing, replaced by choppy printing. Man has ...

Miffed by my comments regarding rampant criminal border crossings, a critic blogged, “I must have missed that Bible verse where Jesus set an example by stringing razor wire across the River Jordan.” What do you expect the Texas governor to do when the highest authorities at the federal ...

The other night, I went to a middle school basketball game. OK, my grandson was playing, so I was not a disinterested observer. Yet, it was a delight to watch these kids who two years ago could barely reach the rim with a shot, now running up and down the floor shooting three-pointers, passing ...

This is an open letter to State University of New York at Fredonia President Dr. Stephen H. Kolison, Jr.: I am writing to you today with profound disappointment and concern regarding the proposed cuts to the art department at SUNY Fredonia. As a former photography major and current high ...

Most of us have become so accustomed to opening our newspapers or hopping onto the internet to find out what’s happening nearby that we become impatient and quickly change our plans when the information we seek isn’t easily accessible. That’s why restaurants that regularly post their ...